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  1. Re: Wandering you say... on Netflix Buys Rights To Stream Chinese Sci-Fi Blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth' (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Thank you. I remember seeing it when I was a kid. And it was the first thing that came to mind after hearing about this Chinese movie.

  2. Re: Complete nonsense on Are Universal Basic Incomes 'A Tool For Our Further Enslavement'? (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, I think vastly more people will risk living on junk food and watching TV all day.

  3. Depends on the state:
    http://www.newsweek.com/chelse...

  4. Re:Read ex-Intel staff's opinion on why this happe on Intel Responds To Alleged Chip Flaw, Claims Effects Won't Significantly Impact Average Users (hothardware.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Except this bug predates 2013. I know it's hard when facts don't conform to your bias, but you'll survive.

  5. Scary thought for the day: on The Next Hot Job in Silicon Valley Is For Poets (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    http://qz.com/657433/donald-tr...

    No, the article does not condone him. Just explain his method and style fits more with poetry than logic.

  6. If someone dies ... on Kentucky Hospital Calls State of Emergency In Hack Attack (cnbc.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    If someone dies in the hospital and it can be traced to critical files being unavailable, the malware owners could be charged with murder.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    But not in Kentucky.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  7. Re:It looks like you are trying to on Windows 10 To Be Installed On 4 Million US Department of Defense Computers (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    And clicking on the Cancel button will do nothing.

    Seriously, what is it with MS dialogs where the Cancel button does nothing. WTF?

  8. Re:None. on Ask Slashdot: Economical Lego-Compatible 3-D Printer? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Depending on the type of part, FDM can work. Many of the Technic parts are functional from FDM. I've had good luck making custom gears. For holes, you make them a bit undersized, then drill or ream them. Shaft splines tend to be forgiving. The teeth aren't too bad.

    It's making parts that will snap together that gets sketchy.

  9. Re:Archimedes had calculus on Ancient Babylonians Figured Out Forerunner of Calculus (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It was more than that, and he did have an inkling of the use. But he treated it as academic. In college, we had to study his technique for integrating the area under a curve. Specifically, the area of a spiral. And he got it right. We even applied it to other geometry with success.

    What made it painful was that it was done without algebra or even the symbol pi. Think long wordy descriptions involving limits and ratios and you end up with 3 pages of text for what takes half a line in modern notation. Heck, even his result takes a couple lines to write.

  10. Re:Just have medicare for all and get rid of the o on A Crowdfunding Site To Help Pay Patients' Medical Bills · · Score: 1

    I've supported the idea of something like the UK system for years. But people in the USA will need to get over a few things first. The biggest preconception people have is that under single payer, they will get the same treatment, but for free.

    Unfortunately, we insist on deluxe treatment (under threat of malpractice lawsuit for not providing the best care possible). That's not going to be easy for people to give up. Free, they can get behind. Not getting the nice bed in a private room, not so much.

    I try to explain to people that basic free healthcare is cheap and attainable. But any universal healthcare is not going to be healthcare like they imagine. Go for it, but with open eyes.

  11. Re:Awesome compression potential on Filmmaker Forces Censors To Watch 10-Hour Movie of Paint Drying (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Possibly far less. Most of it header stuff. The actual video stream could consist of: #ffffff

    3 bytes.

  12. Re:Accusation through misunderstanding on YouTube and the Modern Mad Scientist (hackaday.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One of my favorite sci-fi short stories had a similar premise. Some guy discovers a way to make an inter-dimensional portal. No one knows where the other end is, but it's blazing hot on the other side. Everyone starts building simple heat engines to harvest the energy. And all is well until .... ... the Devil sues the guy. Heat was being drained from Hell and was predicted to cause widespread problems. Epistemological (as opposed to ecological) disaster of biblical proportions.

    Funny stuff.

  13. Re:Out of the mouth of babes.. on 10-Year-Old Muslim Boy Probed For 'Terrorist House' Spelling Error (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you surrounded by chrome and tile? Running water nearby? Odd smells? People stopping by, crapping all over you, then leaving? Do people drop off pieces of paper to you?

    You might be in that lavatory you wrote about.

  14. Re:Fighting Poverty..not new. on Turning Around a School District By Fighting Poverty (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Which is where the debate about the level of funding comes from. But they also aren't included in school performance metrics for public schools, so it's a wash. Public schools go to great lengths to exclude low performing students from school scores.

  15. Re:It's just nature's way... on Brazil Cautions Women To Avoid Pregnancy Over Zika Virus Outbreak (discovermagazine.com) · · Score: 1

    Nature doesn't have feelings. Doesn't care about you, me, or anything. Doesn't care if the planet is destroyed or we are. Nature doesn't have any thoughts on any subject at all. No more than mathematics or physics or chemistry has thoughts, feelings, motivations, or desires.

    Please stop anthropomorphizing.

  16. Re:Fighting Poverty..not new. on Turning Around a School District By Fighting Poverty (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Studies of charter schools show they do about the same as public schools. Some do better, some do worse. On average, about the same. So, believe it or not, they are delivering the same service and skimming a profit.

    There is some debate as to whether charter schools get the same funding per student, or less. NYC estimates saving about 15% per student (about $3k).

    The main advantage of charter schools seems to be that bad ones are much much easier to shut down.

  17. Re:They need to do things to improve the way abx w on Why New Antibiotics Never Come To Market (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Because of so many logical flaws, it's mind boggling.

    If it is important to bypass the gut, use an injection.
    The gut wall is permeable. those metabolites will be in the gut anyways. But in lower concentration ... leading to higher chance of resistance.
    Metabolism is all over the map. Trying to figure out the pharmakinetics of such a drug to achieve proper dosage would be a nightmare.
    And finally, it's tough enough finding a drug. Finding a drug that can be created by a metabolic pathway is tough squared.

    Yeah, you're going to lose money.

  18. Duh! on 3D Printed Objects Found Toxic To Fish Embryos (universityofcalifornia.edu) · · Score: 5, Informative

    The photopolymer resins are usually UV cured. They contain chemicals that spit out free radicals to initiate polymerization. And you don't get a 100% cure.

    The paranoid in me wore double gloves when handling parts with liquid resin. Newer stuff might be safer. But the stuff I used was gene scrambling goo in my mind.

  19. No on Should Programmers Be Called Engineers? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    Why stop at Software Engineer? If you expropriating titles, why not take Software Physician? Software Attorney? Software Priest? Software Pilot? Software Mortician?

    Yes, it's technical and detailed and takes lots of planning and training. So do other professions. But it's not the same training or methodology. They each have their own professional name. Software people need to create their own professional name.

    Code monkey is pretty offensive. But Software Primate might fly. Just get the Software Pope to ordain you first.

  20. Re:Carmack said... on An Algorithm To Randomly Generate Game Dungeons · · Score: 2

    Physicists might counter that artists are procedural generated.

  21. Better myself on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Do If You Were Suddenly Wealthy? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Step 1: Stop reading Slashdot

  22. Re:The frog is boiling on Metal Gear Solid V PC Disc Contains Steam Installer, Nothing Else · · Score: 3, Informative

    Could be worse. I bought a software upgrade to an oscilloscope. This is what I got:

    A UPS package. Inside covered by foam peanuts, was an envelope. Inside was a bubble wrapped box. Inside fancy box was a card. On the back was ... ... a URL.

    Ok, and a code. Still, there were only 2 lines. By logging into my account, entering the code, the SN and other information about the scope, I was given a license code for the software upgrade.

    Type the code into the scope, and voila! Feature is unlocked.

  23. Re:War on _______ on Countries Gaming Carbon Offsets May Have Dramatically Increased Emissions · · Score: 1

    So, why does it surprise people that we create the very thing we wish to avoid?

    Because of the eternal war on dumb stuff.

  24. Simple solution(s) on Hyperloop Getting Closer To Reality, Groundbreaking Set For 2016 · · Score: 1

    Being at near ground level gives some options an aircraft doesn't have.

    Plenty of air is centimeters away. The only trick is to get to it. Assuming the capsule is intact, and can come to a rest in the 10 minutes emergency air lasts, you just need a way to open a hole to the outside. Just pump all the air you need until rescue arrives.

    If cabin pressure is normal, the easiest would be to have a hollow lance pierce the tube. It would take some work to jab though ~1cm of steel. Might as well use a pair of carbide tip lances (with side holes) jabbing at opposite sides of the tube fr counterpressure. An overcenter system (like a car scissor jack when fully extended) can apply massive force. Pop, pop, you have air in and air out.

    If the cabin breached, the entire tube needs to be filled. Time to get out something with high energy. A cutting device (friction wheel, cutting torch, etc) can get the job done, but slowly. Faster and more compact would be some thermite charges. Toss 'em fore and aft. Crude, but effective. Shape charge if you are crazy enough.

    Or if you want really fast, and independent of the capsule, put vents on the tube. They can be as simple as butterfly valves or as dramatic as explosive bolt hatches. Butterfly valves have the advantage of using inrushing air to slow or move a capsule. Hatches give a way for people to get in and out of tubes for emergencies or maintenance.

  25. Re:COMAPRISON REQUIRED on Tallying the Mistakes and Malfunctions of Robot Surgeons · · Score: 4, Informative

    No. Robotic surgery is not the clear winner. For many procedures, robot surgery has a higher complication rate than the same procedures done without a robot.

    Here's one example: http://www.wsj.com/articles/ro...